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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455934003321

Autore

Hill-Vásquez Heather

Titolo

Sacred players [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of response in the Middle English religious drama / / Heather Hill-Vásquez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8132-1611-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

822/.05160901

Soggetti

Mysteries and miracle-plays, English - History and criticism

English drama - To 1500 - History and criticism

Christianity and literature - England - History - To 1500

Christian drama, English (Middle) - History and criticism

Theater - England - History - Medieval, 500-1500

Civilization, Medieval, in literature

Cycles (Literature)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reforming response: Protestant adaptations. Modeling response in the Chester cycle ; Correcting response in the Digby Conversion of Saint Paul -- Sanctifying response: the church and the "real presence". Accessing the divine in the Croxton Play of the sacrament ; Devotional response and responsibility in the York cycle -- Gendering response: Christ's body and God's word. Incarnational belief and gender in the Digby Killing of the children ; Reforming religious performance: "feminine" response and "Catholic" behavior.